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   starzoe | Jan 25, 2008 06:40am | #1

   Have you researched all the patterns available in the pattern books? Vintage patterns are all the rage now and so are the type of dress shown on the cover. I was looking through the pattern books at a fabric store recently and was surprised that so many of the dresses shown could be adapted to the cover one.The other thing that entered my mind is that women all over the sewing universe will be meeting each other in a variation of this dress! It is so attractive, unfortunately I am much too old for this but it would be sweet on an under 40, fit body.

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   marijke | Jan 26, 2008 04:41am | #6

   Thanks!  I think I overlooked some options the last time I looked at the pattern books! (See the other 2 suggestions I got.)

   The Vogue pattern may require a younger figure, but I think the Simplicity one has enough coverage I could feel comfortable in it (and it will hide the mid-section which isn't what it used to be...)

   Thanks much for every suggestion. 

   Marijke

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   Elizard | Jan 26, 2008 09:45pm | #7

   I think a person on patternreview is offering the pattern used(but uncut), with loads of other patterns - but I have no idea of American patternsizing so I don't know whether it would work :)
   http://sewing.patternreview.com/cgi-bin/classifieds/readclassified.pl?ID=5318
   hop it helps.
   Elizard

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   Teaf5 | Jan 26, 2008 01:43am | #2

   Simplicity 3777 is very similar; you can check it out online, and Simplicity are often on sale for $1.99 at Joann's. It seems to have a little more ease through the hips than the cover dress, which looked a lot like a pattern I used in the mid 1960s, but has the same interesting empire waist and tiny cap sleeves.

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   marijke | Jan 26, 2008 04:39am | #5

   That's very close.  I hadn't looked at that one, didn't look beyond the frilly long-sleeved picture on the opening page.  But you are right, that does look pretty similar, although the skirt from Vogue 2942 is more like that cover dress, I think.  Maybe I can alter the skirt a bit to be less wide. 

   Thanks so much for pointing this pattern out!

   Marijke

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   Teaf5 | Feb 01, 2008 01:35am | #9

   It was fun, looking through the patterns to find a similar one, and it kept me busy so that I wouldn't go out and buy more patterns for myself!If you make it, please let us know how it turns out and whether it would work for others with similar figures.

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   user-60627 | Jan 26, 2008 03:06am | #3

   How about Vogue 2942, although it's sleeveless, its a pretty similar silhouette.

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   marijke | Jan 26, 2008 04:37am | #4

   That's a really pretty dress!  I do need something with a bit more coverage, though, since I cannot go bra-less (or I'd have to build a bra into the dress?)  Very pretty silhouette.  Thanks for pointing it out to me.

   Marijke

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   RhettaRic | Jan 29, 2008 08:35am | #8

   I thought the article said it's Vogue 6934, if it's the March issue.